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Organisational culture

What is culture?

1.1 Definition

Culture is expressed by Handy as being:

‘the way we do things around here’

1.2 Influences on culture

The structure and culture of an organisation will develop over time and will be
determined by a complex set of variables, including:

 size

 technology

 diversity

 age

 history

 ownership

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